Double portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Original Title: Double portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Date: 1960
Creator: Hale A. Woodruff, 1900-1980 See all items with this value
Description: Woodruff’s portrait depicts Martin Luther King Jr., the iconic civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. Woodruff taught art at Atlanta University for 15 years and perhaps came into contact with MLK during this time. Two of these three side profiles appear to show King smiling, while in the third he is looking away with a serious expression. Woodruff's Art of the Negro murals at Clark Atlanta University are one of his crowning achievements.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; Civil rights See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Desegregation; Economic condition; Educators; Faculty; Protest
Type: Print
Medium: charcoal on paper
Measurements: 40 1/4 in x 30 3/8 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc205
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0114
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection